Opening Remarks of Chairman Rogers

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WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, made the following remarks on the Subcommittee's hearing titled “President Obama’s Nuclear Deterrent Modernization Plans and Budgets: The Military Requirements.” For testimony and to watch the hearing live click here.

Opening Remarks of Chairman Forbes

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WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, made the following remarks on the subcommittee's joint hearing titled "Naval Dominance in Undersea Warfare ." For testimony and to watch the hearing click here.

Opening Remarks of Chairwoman Hartzler

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WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Chairwoman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, made the following remarks on the hearing titled “Oversight of the European Reassurance Initiative.” For hearing testimony and to watch the hearing live click here.

Opening Remarks of Chairman Turner

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WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, made the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, on the Subcommittee's hearing on "Air Dominance and the Critical Role of Fifth Generation Fighters." For the testimony for today's hearing and to watch live click here.

Rogers Urges President to Stay the Course on Nuclear Modernization

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Today, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, delivered remarks at the Air Force Association's Peter Huessey Congressional Breakfast Series, focusing on the serious and growing threat Russia poses to U.S. security and that of our allies.The Chairman also used the opportunity to draw attention to a recent Washington Post article that reported fringe…

Congress to Commissary Customers: We have Your Back

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Military Times - Karen Jowers - July 9Whether it’s monitoring the new process for supplying fruits and vegetables to the Far East or keeping tabs on a new system for pricing groceries, members of Congress are fully engaged in “robust oversight” to make sure the efforts to reform the commissary system don’t hurt the benefit, according to congressional…

Thornberry on South China Sea Ruling

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WASHINGTON - Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following remarks in response to today's ruling on the South China Sea arbitration case:

Thornberry on White House Sending More Troops to Iraq

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WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following remarks in response to the announcement that the President will deploy an additional 560 U.S. troops to Iraq:

Thornberry on Secdef Afghanistan Comments

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WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following remarks in response to Secretary Carter's conversation with members of the media on U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan. Multiple outlets reported on Secretary Carter's comments with regard to future missions and funding for Afghanistan.